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No. 608,988. Patented Aug. 9, 1898.

C. A. LITTLEFIELD.

FILLING CARRIER 0R GOP SKEWER FOR LOOM SHUTTLES.

(Application fi1ed Mar. 7, 189B) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATE PA ENT FFlCE.

CHARLES A. LITTLEFIELD, OF LOXVELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE DRAPER COMPANY, OF CIIUSETTS.

PORTLAND, MAINE, AND HOPEDALE, MASSA- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,988, dated August 9, 1898. Application filed March 7, 1898. Serial No. 672,859. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. LITTLE- FIELD, of Lowell, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improve- 5 ment in Filling-Carriers or Cop-Skewers for Loom-Shuttles,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figureson the drawings representing like parts.

Filling-carriers or cop-skewers for loomshuttles have been constructed with a blade and a head having annular ribs or rings adapted to enter grooves in springs carried by shuttles, springs such as represented in I 5 United States Patent No. 538,507 ,dated April 30, 1895, and one form of filling-carrier is shown in United States Patent No. 588,17 9, dated August 17 1897.

This invention has for its object the pro- :20 duction of a cheap and simple filling-carrier wherein the head is adapted to support the necessary ribs or rings for engaging the shuttle-sprin gs, my invention relating more particularly to the construction of the head.

Figures 1 and 2 are views of a filling-carrier embodying my invention, the head being shown in longitudinal section; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the head detached.

I have herein shown the blade a ashollow, 0 though it will be obvious from the following that a solid blade or a split-spring blade could be employed with equal facility.

The head in accordance with my invention is made of sheet metal, and it comprises a.

base Z), suitably apertured centrally at b to receive the base of the blade, inturned projections or lips I) at the sides of the aperture forming means to securely attach the blade and head by soldering or otherwise. Bybendo ing the lips toward or away from each other the head may be adjusted to blades of different sizes. lhe base b at its edge is provided with several bent-over resilient arms 12 four of such arms being shown in Fig. 8, said arms 5 being transversely concaved, as at b toward their free ends and notched at their edges, as at b. Annular metal ribs or split rings 0 surround the arms,being seated in the notches thereof, the transverse concavity of the 6 extending in the direction of the tip of the blade.

By using hollow blades, as herein shown, the device may be applied directly to the mule-spindle in order that the yarn may be spun directly upon the filling-carrier herein shown, and as the mule-spindles vary .in diameterI have devised simple means for adapting the blade. to the spindles without requiring an accurate fit.

Near its lower end the blade or is oppositely cut through or slotted, as at a, and a ring of rubber or suitable elastic material his slipped around the blade. The ring projects into the interior of the blade at the slotted portions and acts to help grip the spindle when the blade is placed thereupon, the ring adapting itself to variations in the diameter of the spindle.

If desired, the exterior of the blade may havea slight annular groove 20, Fig. 2, made therein to form a seat forthe ring between theslots.

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement shown, as the same may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp p A 1'. A filling-carrier having a head provided with resilient metallic arms, and annular ribs surrounding and supported by the arms.

2. A filling-carrier having a head provided with resilient transversely concaved and notched metallic arms, and surrounding annular ribs seated in said notches.

3. A filling-carrier having a head provided with resilient metallic arms having seats therein,and split rings surrounding said arms and held in the seats thereof.

4. A filling-carrier comprising a blade, a head having one or more attaching projections, resilient metallic arms forming a part of the head, and ribs supported by the arms.

5. A filling-carrier comprising a blade, a sheet-metal head apertured to receive the blade and provided with adjustable attaching lips or projections,integral resilient arms,and

annular metallic ribs surrounding and sup- I 5 ported by the arms.

6. A sheet-metal head for filling-carriers, having an apertured base provided with one or more attaching projections, bent resilient arms at the edge of the base and annular ribs 20 supported by the arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES A. LITTLEFIELD.

Witnesses:

LUCY STATEN, NELLIE S. LITTLEFIELD. 

